Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis

54 CRASHES IN
GREENFIELD, MA
OCTOBER 2025

All metrics benchmarked againstOctober 2024

In October 2025, Greenfield experienced 54 crashes, marking a 22.7% increase compared to the 44 crashes recorded in October 2024. Despite the rise in total crashes, the number of injuries saw a substantial decrease, falling from 25 in the prior period to 11 in the current period. This represents a 56% reduction in total injuries year-over-year, indicating a notable shift towards less severe crash outcomes.

54

22.7%was 44

Total Crash Events

0

Persons Killed

11

-56.0%was 25

Persons Injured

5

-28.6%was 7

Hit-and-Run Crashes

Note: "Persons Killed" (0) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (0) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities. 1 crash with unreported severity is not shown in the severity breakdown.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records

Trend Summary

The overall trend indicates an increase in total crashes in Greenfield, with a rise from 44 crashes in October 2024 to 54 crashes in October 2025. This represents a 22.7% increase in the number of crash events year-over-year. Despite the increase in crash volume, total injuries decreased by 56%, from 25 to 11.

5

Hit-and-Run Crashes — October 2025

-28.6% vs prior (7)

The number of hit-and-run crashes decreased from 7 in October 2024 to 5 in October 2025. Correspondingly, the hit-and-run rate declined from 15.9% of total crashes in the prior period to 9.3% in the current period. This indicates a downward trend in both the count and proportion of hit-and-run incidents.

Vulnerable Road User Casualties

0

Pedestrians Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Cyclists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

0

Motorists Killed

Prior: 00.0%

1

Pedestrians Injured

Prior: 10.0%

2

Cyclists Injured

Prior: 4-50.0%

8

Motorists Injured

Prior: 19-57.9%

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)

When Crashes Happen

The temporal patterns for crashes shifted year-over-year; the peak day for crashes moved from Friday in October 2024 with 10 incidents to Tuesday in October 2025, also with 10 incidents. The peak hour for crashes also changed, moving from 3 PM with 6 crashes in the prior period to 4 PM with 6 crashes in the current period. Crashes on Mondays increased from 3 to 10, while crashes on Fridays decreased from 10 to 8.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)

Crash Severity Breakdown

The distribution of crash severity changed significantly, with total injuries decreasing from 25 in October 2024 to 11 in October 2025. Serious injuries (Severity A) decreased from 3 to 1, minor injuries (Severity B) decreased from 13 to 6, and possible injuries (Severity C) decreased from 5 to 3. Consequently, crashes with no injury (Severity O) increased from 20 (45.5% share) to 43 (79.6% share), indicating a shift towards less severe outcomes despite the overall increase in crash count.

Outcome by Severity (Crash Events)

Serious Injury1serious injury crashes1.9%
-66.7%prior 3
Minor Injury6minor injury crashes11.1%
-53.8%prior 13
Possible Injury3possible injury crashes5.6%
-40.0%prior 5
No Injury43no injury crashes79.6%
115.0%prior 20

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · KABCO injury classification scale

Severity Distribution (Crash Events)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · Most severe injury per crash record

Top Contributing Factors

The most frequent contributing factor in October 2025 was 'No improper driving' with 18 crashes, a substantial increase from 7 crashes in the prior period. 'Inattention' also increased, from 9 crashes in October 2024 to 12 crashes in October 2025. Conversely, 'Followed too closely' decreased from 5 crashes to 1 crash, and 'Disregarded traffic signs, signals, road markings' decreased from 4 crashes to 0 crashes in the current period.

Officer-Reported Primary Contributing Cause

No improper driving18 (33.3%)157.1%prior 7
Inattention12 (22.2%)33.3%prior 9
Failed to yield right of way6 (11.1%)
Operating vehicle in erratic, reckless, careless, negligent or aggressive manner4 (7.4%)-20.0%prior 5
Other improper action3 (5.6%)
Failure to keep in proper lane or running off road2 (3.7%)
Swerving or avoiding due to wind, slippery surface, vehicle, object, vulnerable user in roadway2 (3.7%)
Exceeded authorized speed limit2 (3.7%)
Visibility obstructed1 (1.9%)
Followed too closely1 (1.9%)-80.0%prior 5

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · Officer-reported primary contributory cause per crash

Road & Environmental Conditions

Crashes occurring under clear weather conditions remained constant at 38 for both periods, though they represented a smaller proportion of total crashes in the prior period. Crashes during cloudy conditions increased from 2 in October 2024 to 9 in October 2025. The number of crashes on wet road surfaces increased from 3 to 5 year-over-year, while crashes during daylight increased from 30 to 41.

Weather

Clear38 (70.4%)
0.0%prior 38
Cloudy9 (16.7%)
Clear/Cloudy2 (3.7%)
Clear/Clear2 (3.7%)
Cloudy/Cloudy1 (1.9%)
Rain1 (1.9%)
Rain/Cloudy1 (1.9%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · Weather condition at time of crash

Lighting

Daylight41 (75.9%)
36.7%prior 30
Dark - roadway not lighted7 (13.0%)
16.7%prior 6
Dark - lighted roadway4 (7.4%)
-42.9%prior 7
Dark - unknown roadway lighting1 (1.9%)
Dusk1 (1.9%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · Lighting condition field

Road Surface

Dry49 (90.7%)
19.5%prior 41
Wet5 (9.3%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · Road surface condition field

Vehicles & Demographics

Toyota remained the top vehicle make involved in crashes, increasing from 12 vehicles in October 2024 to 21 in October 2025. Honda also saw an increase, from 7 vehicles to 13 vehicles year-over-year. Conversely, Chevrolet involvement decreased from 8 vehicles to 4 vehicles, and Nissan decreased from 7 vehicles to 5 vehicles. For persons, the 65+ age group decreased from 15 to 12, while the 16-20 age group increased from 10 to 13.

Top Vehicle Makes (96 vehicles)

1
TOYOTA21 (21.9%)
75.0%prior 12
2
HONDA13 (13.5%)
85.7%prior 7
3
FORD9 (9.4%)
12.5%prior 8
4
SUBARU7 (7.3%)
40.0%prior 5
5
JEEP5 (5.2%)
6
NISSAN5 (5.2%)
-28.6%prior 7
7
GMC4 (4.2%)
8
CHEVROLET4 (4.2%)
-50.0%prior 8
9
DODGE3 (3.1%)
10
MAZDA3 (3.1%)

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · Vehicle unit records

17 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.

Sex Distribution (98 persons with recorded sex)

Male51 (52.0%)
-8.9%prior 56
Female47 (48.0%)
51.6%prior 31

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · Person-level records linked to crash events

Speed Limit Zones

Crashes in 25 mph zones decreased slightly from 22 in October 2024 to 20 in October 2025. Conversely, crashes in 30 mph zones increased from 10 to 13, and crashes in 5 mph zones increased from 2 to 4. Notably, there were 5 crashes in 65 mph zones in October 2025, where no crashes were recorded in this speed zone in the prior period.

Source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV) · Arcgis_yearly Open Data · 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 · Posted speed limit at crash location

Data Sources & Methodology

Primary Data Source

All crash data in this report is sourced from Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), accessed programmatically via the Arcgis_yearly Open Data API (SODA). This dataset contains official police-reported motor vehicle traffic crash records maintained by the reporting jurisdiction's law enforcement agency. Records are published to the open data portal by the municipality and are subject to the portal's terms of use.

Data Retrieval

  • Access method: Arcgis_yearly Open Data API (SoQL queries)
  • Data format: Structured JSON via REST API
  • Record types queried: Crash events, person records, and vehicle unit records
  • Date filter applied: 2025-10-01 through 2025-10-31
  • Report generated: June 21, 2026

Data Coverage

  • Reporting period: 2025-10-01 through 2025-10-31 (31 days)
  • Geographic scope: GREENFIELD, MA
  • Total crash records analyzed: 54
  • Total persons involved: 116
  • Total vehicles involved: 96

Analytical Methodology

  • Severity classification: Uses the KABCO injury scale (K=Fatal, A=Incapacitating injury, B=Non-incapacitating injury, C=Possible injury, O=No injury/property damage only), the standard classification in U.S. Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC). Severity is assigned per crash event based on the most severe injury in that crash. A single fatal crash (K) may involve multiple fatalities; therefore the "Persons Killed" count in the headline KPIs may differ from the "Fatal" crash count in the severity breakdown.
  • Contributing factors: Reflect the officer-determined primary contributory cause recorded at the time of the crash report. These are preliminary determinations and may not reflect final investigation findings.
  • Hit-and-run classification: Based on the hit-and-run indicator field in the official crash report, as determined by the responding officer at the scene.
  • Temporal analysis: Day-of-week and hour-of-day distributions are computed from the crash date/time timestamp in each record.
  • Demographics: Age and sex distributions are drawn from person-level records linked to each crash event. A single crash may involve multiple persons.
  • Vehicle data: Make information is drawn from vehicle unit records linked to each crash event.
  • AI commentary: Narrative sections are generated by Google Gemini (large language model) based on the structured data. Commentary is descriptive, not predictive, and should not be interpreted as expert opinion.

Limitations & Disclaimers

  • Only crashes reported to and documented by law enforcement are included. Minor incidents, unreported crashes, and near-misses are not captured in this dataset.
  • Data reflects conditions at the time of the initial police report and may be subject to subsequent corrections, reclassifications, or supplements by the reporting agency.
  • Open data portal records may experience a publication lag - recently occurring crashes may not yet appear in the dataset at the time of report generation.
  • AI-generated commentary is produced by a large language model and is intended to highlight patterns in the data. It does not constitute legal, medical, or professional analysis.
  • Percentages are calculated from reported data and are subject to rounding.

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Data License

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Suggested Citation

ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "GREENFIELD, MA Crash Intelligence Report: October 2025." Published June 21, 2026. Reporting period: 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31. Data source: Massachusetts Crash Data (MassDOT CDV), Arcgis_yearly Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/massachusetts/greenfield/october-2025-report

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